Kimry

Kimra - the city of provincial modernity

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The tour can be pedestrian or on the transport of the customer.
Kimry is a small town in the Tver region. It is located on both banks of the Volga and the Kimrki River flowing into it. It was first mentioned in the charter of Ivan the Terrible from 1546. The status of the city received in 1917. A special glory of the city brought the shoe industry. In the local history Museum of Kimr you can get acquainted with the only exhibition of shoes in Russia.
In the tour route, acquaintance with the historical buildings of the 19th century in the style of "Stone Art Nouveau", "Wooden Art Nouveau", a monument to a native of the Kimr district, aircraft designer A. Tupolev, the Ascension Church of 1813, the Volga River embankment, a visit to the Transfiguration Cathedral of 1911. The development of Kimr was associated with such names as Count Vorontsov, Count Litta, Julia Pavlovna Samoilova, Skavronsky.

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Transfiguration Cathedral

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Art gallery

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Bridge over the Volga

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Monument to the Shoemaker

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Merchant Rybkin's house

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Merchant Luzhin's house

The price includes:

  • Tour guide work

Comes to: Individual , Group , Review

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Наталия 18.04.2021

Сегодня побывали на экскурсии в Кимрах. Огромное спасибо экскурсоводу Татьяне Алексеевне! Необыкновенно интересный и душевный рассказ, прекрасная прогулка по заповедным уголкам города.

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